The Olympics Thread

sweetcell wrote:
can anyone tell if they'll be streaming the CAN-RUS game?  i can't figure it out.  the stream quality is pretty good, i'd happily watch that instead of trekking out to bugsy's (love the place, but driving = little drinking… boooo).

Yes, Russia-Canada will be on NBCOlympics.com at 7:28 ET.
Finland-Czech Republic will be on at 10:00 ET.
Slovakia-Sweden is at MidnightET.

Why should we not talk about the game? It's an Olympics discussion thread, for people to discuss the Olympics. If people aren't up-to-date, and don't want it spoiled, it seems obvious THEY should alter their thread viewing choices, not the rest of us.

thanks for the confirmation.  field trip to bugsy's has been canceled, kids.

vansmack wrote:
Yes, Russia-Canada will be on NBCOlympics.com at 7:28 ET.
Finland-Czech Republic will be on at 10:00 ET.

hope they don't go to dreaded OT/SO… USA-SWI took 2:15 to complete.

I feel badly for Jonas, who was outstanding again, but quite happy with the discipline and the fact that the young guys didn't panic.

Now, time to get back to work so that I can get home in time for the next one.

Julian, Certified WEBLEBRITY, BOARDEE OF THE YEAR

(with a very honorable mention to vansmack, who also offered me his login… y'all RULE)

I just txt'ed you my login information.

O/U at 5.5 … lol…

and what a nice sight to log in too!!!

i shall now proceed to empty at least 1 full bottle of wine (possibly more) and i worry and fret over canada's ability to maintain that lead.  go.

Someone must have told Nabokov it was the playoffs.

wow

perry's last one was a thing of beauty.

and that luongo save on the open winger… more wow.

maybe that loss to the US did the canadians some good?

Julian, wrote:
O/U at 5.5 … lol…

Again, this line was incredible if true.

sweetcell wrote:
i shall now proceed to empty at least 1 full bottle of wine (possibly more)

Whoa, whoa, you can't bring up drinking without telling us what v&v you're drinking. I've been doing alot of Torrontes lately, and I usually stick up my nose at anything not from France or Italy.

Doing g&t's here, but my girl totally shattered her glass on her hand a few minutes ago. Poor baby. :( :( :(

Not to pee on Canada's parade, but I really wish the Russian coach wasn't an idiot and didn't leave Nabokov in for those pathetic last two. This at 5-3 would make for an exciting 3rd.

Anyone else staying up for Finland/Czechs and/or Sweden/Slovakia?

He's gonna get smoked back home for leaving him in for so long.

chaz wrote:
He's gonna get smoked back home for leaving him in for so long.

He's getting smoked right here in Julian's America! Once 930.com has turned on you, who gives about the Russia viewpoint after that?

i wonder how much money vegas is losing on 5.5, if that is indeed true?

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
i shall now proceed to empty at least 1 full bottle of wine (possibly more)

Whoa, whoa, you can't bring up drinking without telling us what v&v you're drinking. I've been doing alot of Torrontes lately, and I usually stick up my nose at anything not from France or Italy.

i'm a huge fan of french and italian wine, but my curiosity was piqued last night while at trader joe's: TJ's has their own reserve, a 2006 californian cab.  it's pretty damn good, but IMO it's lacking 2 small things: it's a tad below full-bodied (which i would normally expect from a cab reserve), and a smidgen less than dry… some of the fruitiness has a hint of sweet.  these are 2 complaints i often have of californian heavies.  but for $10 it's an absolute steal.

The over under was 5.5. Feel free to google it. One would think they would have learned from the Germany game that Canada can score.

ggw wrote:
The over under was 5.5. Feel free to google it.

I wasn't accusing you of a mistake; I am simply incredulous about the mind-blowing stupidity of thinking the 2 most star-studded hockey teams on Earth coupled with non-big game goalies could possibly combine for only 5 goals.

hope someone cashed in on the swiss plus the canada/russia over parlay

godsshoeshine wrote:
hope someone cashed in on the swiss plus the canada/russia over parlay

I would've but I'm opposed to any gambling on several levels.

i dont really gamble either

caps fans seem pretty salty over russia's choke job last night. not sure i totally get that